Western Australia 236 (Philippe 73, Neser 5-28) beat Queensland 231 (Renshaw 104, Kelly 3-34, Behrendorff 3-41) by five runs Josh Philippe gave the Australian selectors another reminder of his fine one-day form as unbeaten Western Australia overcame outstanding individual efforts from Matt Renshaw and Michael Neser to beat winless Queensland by five runs. Philippe (73 off 94 balls) struck six fours and two sixes as WA were dismissed for 236…

Big picture It’s pretty straightforward, as Wayne Parnell put it: South Africa are in the knockout stages. They must beat Netherlands to go through to the semi-finals and if you’d said that pre-tournament, many would have thought the conclusion foregone, but this has been a World Cup of surprises and perhaps there’s one more? Netherlands looked to be steadily improving from the first round, when they nearly toppled Bangladesh in…

England 144 for 6 (Hales 47, Stokes 42*) beat Sri Lanka 141 for 8 (Nissanka 67, Wood 3-26) by four wickets England are through to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup, knocking Australia out in the process, thanks to a four-wicket win over Sri Lanka. It was an anxiety-riddled chase in the final match in Group 1, despite a target of 142 looking well within reach after openers Jos…

Perth Scorchers 1 for 158 (Mooney 99*, Piparo 41*) beat Sydney Sixers 5 for 155 (Perry 69*, King 3-27) by nine wickets Beth Mooney‘s unbeaten 99 powered Perth Scorchers past WBBL ladder leaders Sydney Sixers and into second place. The prolific Scorchers opener struck back-to-back boundaries in the penultimate over to pass Sixers’ 5 for 155 with nine balls and nine wickets to spare. Her 36th 50-plus score broke a…

South Australia 5 for 330 (McSweeney 94, Carey 67, Head 55, Kelly 53*) beat New South Wales 322 (Hughes 139, Patterson 52, McSweeney 3-51, Thornton 3-67) by eight runs A stroke of luck helped South Australia halt Daniel Hughes on a North Sydney Oval batting paradise to pinch an eight-run win over NSW in a one-day Cup run-fest. But NSW, bowled out for a state-record 76 in a winless campaign…

Adelaide Strikers 5 for 113 (Penna 56*) beat Melbourne Stars 8 for 112 (Wellington 3-20) by five wickets Madeline Penna‘s composed knock was the difference as Adelaide Strikers inched past Melbourne Stars in a low-scoring WBBL clash in Perth. Chasing 113 at Lilac Hill, Strikers were 3 for 18 when Deandra Dottin, Katie Mack and Laura Wolvaardt all fell. Penna (56 not out from 50 balls) and Bridget Patterson (31…

Big picture So competitive has this year’s T20 World Cup been, that heading into the final day of the Super 12s, five out of six teams in Group 2 remain in contention for two semi-final slots. The story in Group 1 was also equally gripping. Bangladesh and Pakistan face off in Adelaide on Sunday with their fate in their own hands, though only to a certain extent – Pakistan are…

Sridharan Sriram, Bangladesh’s technical consultant, feels the two close wins over Netherlands and Zimbabwe have made it a satisfactory men’s T20 World Cup campaign for the team, and the five-run loss against India should serve as a lesson. “It is the best tournament Bangladesh has ever had in T20 World Cup,” he said ahead of their last Super 12s game, against Pakistan in Adelaide on Sunday. “We have never won…

Calum MacLeod has announced his retirement from international cricket. “Having announced my retirement to the team a few days ago, I’m sitting here thinking back to what inspired me in the first place and that would be the Scotland versus Australia game at the 1999 World Cup,” McLeod said in a statement released by Cricket Scotland earlier in the week. “I remember watching that and thinking ‘that is what I…

Ryan Campbell, the former Netherlands coach, is among the contenders for the vacant head coach role at Durham, ESPNcricinfo understands. Campbell was put in an induced coma in April after going into cardiac arrest and Netherlands appointed Ryan Cook, the South African, as head coach while Campbell recovered. He has recently returned to the national set-up and has been acting as a consultant during their T20 World Cup campaign. Related…